GWD Minden

Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden, commonly known as GWD Minden, is a handball club from Minden, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga.^[1]

GWD Minden
Full name	Turn- und Sportverein Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden e. V.
Founded	31 May 1924; 101 years ago (1924-05-31)
Arena	Kampa-Halle
Capacity	4,059
Head coach	Frank Carstens
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2024–25	2nd (promoted)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

The club was founded on 31 May 1924 in Dankersen, a town of circa 5000 inhabitants. The team started in the 1928-29 season in the local league.^[2]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2016–17	2017–18	2018–19

AWAY
2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19

Accomplishments

• National Championship of Germany:
  •  Gold: 1971, 1977
  •  Silver: 1965, 1975, 1976
• 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
  •  Gold: 1982, 1995, 2012
  •  Silver: 2016
• National Cup of Germany:
  •  Gold: 1975, 1976, 1979
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  •  Silver: 1976
• German Championship: (Field handball)
  •  Gold: 1967, 1970, 1971
  •  Silver: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969
• IHF European Cup: (Field handball)
  •  Gold: 1968, 1969, 1970

Team

Staff

Staff for the 2022–23 season

Nationality	Position	Name
	Head coach	Frank Carstens
	Goalkeeper coach	Marco Stange
	Team leader	Gerrit Holland
	Physiotherapist	Philipp Roessler
	Physiotherapist	Britta Wagner

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season

Goalkeeper 01 Malte Semisch 55 Yahav Shamir Wingers LW 05 Florian Kranzmann 11 Mats Korte RW 27 Max Staar 50 Tomáš Urban Pivots 03 Besard Hakaj 06 Justus Nicolas Richtzenhain 15 Sveinn Jóhannsson 39 Carles Asensio Cambra

Back players LB 19 Philipp Ahouansou 23 Doruk Pehlivan 31 Marko Vignjević 77 Fynn Hermeling CB 04 Maximilian Janke 14 Niclas Pieczkowski 24 Magnus Holpert 71 Mohamed Darmoul RB 09 Ole Günther 40 Luka Šebetić 00 Szymon Działakiewicz

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Tibor Ivanišević (GK) from Frisch Auf Göppingen[3] Jakub Štěrba (RW) from ASV Hamm-Westfalen[4] Karolis Antanavičius (LB) from Alpla HC Hard[5] Morten Hempel Jensen (LB) from Skanderborg AGF Håndbold Daniel Astrup Pedersen (LP) from OV Helsingborg HK Malte Donker (RB) from ThSV Eisenach

Leaving Danilo Radović (LB) to US Créteil Handball[6] Adam Nyfjäll (LP) to TBV Lemgo

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining Danilo Radović (LB) from RK Dinamo Pančevo[7] Benedek Éles (LB) from Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém Bjarni Valdimarsson (LB) from IFK Skövde Leaving Philipp Ahouansou (LB) end of loan from Rhein-Neckar Löwen Magnus Holpert (CB) to SønderjyskE Herrehåndbold Maximilian Janke (CB) to HC Elbflorenz Dresden Ole Günther (RB) to TuS N-Lübbecke

Notable former players

• Michael Haaß 2007-2009
• Juri Knorr (2019–2021)
• Klaus-Dieter Petersen (1986–1988)
• Andreas Cederholm (2017–2019)
• Martin Frändesjö (1998–2000)
• Magnus Jernemyr (2014-2017)
• Johan Petersson (1996-1997)
• / Talant Dujshebaev (1998-2001)
• Magnus Gullerud (2016–2020)
• Kevin Gulliksen (2018-2021)
• Sigurður Bjarnason (1996-1997)
• Stéphane Stoecklin (1996-1998)
• Luka Žvižej (2017-2019)

Coaching History

• Walter Hein (1947–1953)
• Erich Klose (1953–1959, 1961–4/1966)
• Karl-Heinz Nickel † (1959–1961)
• Gerd Enders † (4/1966–12/1968)
• Arnhold Kresse † (1/1969–4/1970)
• Gerhard Steinhöfer (4/1970–1970)
• Friedrich Spannuth (1970–1975, 1977–5/1978, 1987–5/1988)
• Hans-Jürgen Sulk † (1975–1976)
• Vitomir Arsenijević (1976–1977, 1982–1985)
• Vinko Dekaris (8/1978–4/1979)
• Horst Bredemeier (4/1979–1982)
• Milorad Reljić (1985–10/1985)
• Günter Meyer (10/1985–1987)
• Heinz Brockmeier (5/1988–10/1989)
• Wolfgang Böhme (10/1989–3/1991)
• Günter Gieseking (3/1991–1991, 1/1999–2/1999)
• Dietmar Molthahn (1991–4/1992, 2/1995–5/1995, 3/1997–5/1997)
• Milomir Mijatović † (6/1992–3/1995)
• Jürgen Kloth (6/1995–1996)
• Zenon Łakomy † (5/1996–2/1997)
• Michael Biegler (5/1997–1/1999)
• Alexander Rymanov (2/1999–3/2003)
• Rainer Niemeyer † (3/2003–10/2004)
• Velimir Kljaić † (10/2004–2005)
• Richard Ratka (2005–2/2010)
• Frank von Behren (2/2010) für ein Spiel
• Ulf Schefvert (2/2010–3/2013)
• Sead Hasanefendić (3/2013–2013)
• Goran Perkovac (2013–2/2015)
• Frank Carstens (2/2015–6/2023)
• Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson (7/2023–1/2024)
• Aaron Ziercke (1/2024-)

Club Captain history

• Arnhold Kresse † (–1964)
• Friedrich Spannuth (1964–1966)
• Herbert Lübking (1966–1970)
• Manfred Horstkötter (1970–1972)
• Wilfried Drögemeier (1972–1975)
• Hans Kramer † (1975–1979)
• Rainer Niemeyer † (1979–1984)
• Wilhelm Südmeier (1984–5/1986)
• Fido Gast (5/1986–1988)
• Detlef Meyer (1988–1990)
• Gerd Amann (1990–1991)
• Rüdiger Borchardt (1991–10/1991)
• Herbert Pohl (10/1991–1992)
• Frank Schoppe (1992–1994)
• Walter Schubert (1994–1995)
• Robert Hedin (1995–1998)
• Frank Löhr (1998–2000)
• Jörg-Uwe Lütt (2000–11/2000)
• Frank von Behren (11/2000–2003)
• Aaron Ziercke (2003–2004)
• Patrekur Jóhannesson (2004–2005)
• Arne Niemeyer (2005–2008)
• Jan-Fiete Buschmann (2008–2009)
• Moritz Schäpsmeier (2009–2010, 2015–2017)
• Aljoscha Schmidt (2010–2011)
• Evars Klešniks (2011–2013)
• Anders Oechsler (2013–2014)
• Jens Vortmann (2014–2015)
• Dalibor Doder (2017–2019)
• Marian Michalczik (2019–2020)[53]
• Miljan Pušica (2020–2021)
• Niclas Pieczkowski (2021–2023)
• Malte Semisch (2023-)